The blog of Richard Thompson, caricaturist, creator of "Cul de Sac," and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Poetry Slam

Michael Cavna at the Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog thinks I know about poetry . Here's my fragmentary entry-

There once was a rodent named Danders,
Who spoke in a voice like George Sanders,

And that's all I got.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well... that's a good start.
(That's all i've got too.)
hu hu

Hinzi said...

He doug a long hole
On the way to the pole,
But never made it past Flanders.

Hinzi said...

Dang, typo! I meant: dug a long hole...

Mrs. Denneldoff said...

Your quatrain!!!! I hurt myself laughing at that!!!

Hinzi said...

Rev. 1.2

He was digging a hole
All the way to the pole,
But got stuck somewhere underneath Flanders.

bloggeranonymous said...

THAT is brilliant!

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Mike said...

...
though a titan in rage,
he was cooped in a cage
forced to pee on Mark Trail and Ann Landers

Hinzi said...

Excellent! But depressing. Lets free him!

angryparsnip said...

hinzi....
Great I love it when anyone can use the word Flanders....